THE TRAIL: A journey down the Ho Chi Minh Trail in Laos.
Two veterans of the Vietnam War join an exploratory motorbike trip rediscovering the historic Ho Chi Minh Trail, a supply line of roads, paths and jungle tracks largely responsible for defeating American forces during the Vietnam War. With much of the trail now disappearing into overgrown jungle, and large sections of it soon to be flooded by new dam projects in Laos, the most famous trail in history will soon disappear forever.

The February 2009 edition of Sports Illustrated's GOLF Magazine features a story I shot in November 2008 about Ron Chambers, an American veteran who returns to Vietnam to reconnect with the country he fought in as a marine 40 years ago.
"Marine veteran Ron Chambers returns to Vietnam armed only with his golf clubs and memories...."

Weddings are big business in Vietnam. The global economic meltdown hasn't deterred young couples in Hanoi and Saigon from spending money on lavish, ostentatious weddings. These images are from a wedding fashion show in Hanoi, where industry vendors showed off their latest wares for the 2009 wedding season. And if the designers are to be believed, Vietnamese brides will be walking down the aisle wearing rhinestone-studded bustiers and feathered skirts.

Do Son, a popular beach-side town three hours east of Hanoi, plays host to an annual Buffalo Fighting Festival every autumn.
Water buffalo arrive from all over the mountainous north, where farmers have had them in isolated training for months.
The bulls are led into a football stadium and lock horns, the victor eventually chasing the vanquished out of the grounds to thunderous applauds from thousands of spectators, most of whom are betting heavily on the fights.
The buffalo - both winners and losers - are then slaughtered in the streets outside the stadium, with their prize-fighting meat fetching a tidy sum for their owners.

Do Son, a popular beach-side town three hours east of Hanoi, plays host to an annual Buffalo Fighting Festival every autumn, with water buffalo and their entourage of farmers and trainers arriving from all over the mountainous north, where they have been in isolated training for months..The bulls are led into a football stadium and lock horns, the victor eventually chasing the vanquished out of the grounds to thunderous applauds from thousands of spectators, most of whom are betting heavily on the fights. The buffalo - both winners and losers - are then slaughtered outside the stadium, with their prize-fighting meat fetching up to $50 per kilogram for their owners.

A selection of images from the Australian Open 2010.
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Red shirt protests in Bangkok, Thailand.
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